United States Government II

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program for young men established
in March 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was part of the New Deal designed to combat
the poverty and unemployment of the Great Depression. The young men did heavy construction work
and did not receive any training. The Indian Division was a major relief agency for Indian reservations.

Although the CCC was probably the most popular New Deal program, it never became a permanent agency.
After the draft began in 1940 there were fewer and fewer eligible young men. When war was declared in
December 1941, all CCC work, except for wildland firefighting, was shifted onto U.S. military bases to
help with construction there. The agency disbanded after Congress voted to cut off funding entirely after
June 30, 1942.